Apparently Schools Are No Longer Capable of Determining Their Start Date
Local control in education is under attack again in Iowa. This time in the form of House Study Bill 671 that is currently being considered by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee. The bill in...
View ArticleAction Needed on Iowa Education Reform Bill
Below is an action alert from one of our partners - Iowa Association of Christian Schools:Both legislative chambers have passed their own version of Senate File 2284, the education reform bill. The...
View ArticleDelay Tactics on Anti-Common Core Resolution is Troubling
I’m not surprised, but disappointed by the American Legislative Exchange Council executive board decision yesterday to delay their vote on a anti-common core resolution proposed by the American...
View ArticlePioneer Institute Study Suggests Remedies for Common Core’s Literature Deficit
BOSTON, MA – State and local education policy makers in the 46 states that have adopted the Common Core State Standards should emphasize the literary-historical content that already exists in the...
View ArticleWhy Conservatives Object to the Common Core
Kathleen Porter-Magee & Sol Stern ask in the subheading of their National Review article defending the Common Core State Standards ask “why are prominent conservatives criticizing a set of rigorous...
View ArticleRNC Draft Resolution on the Common Core
The Republican National Committee Spring Meeting starts today in Los Angeles. One of the items that will be discussed and voted on is a draft resolution on the Common Core State Standards which you...
View ArticleCommon Core Study Bill Filed in North Carolina
H733 was filed in the North Carolina House of Representatives. The bill’s purpose is to establish a committee of 20 members to study the Common Core State Standards and their impact in North Carolina....
View ArticleNext Generation Science Standards Go All In With Climate Change
I’ve already written about the problems inherent with the Next Generation Science Standards based on a couple of review that had been published. The Los Angeles Times published a story confirming that...
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